Curated category
British psychedelic rock songs
- When We Was Fab"When We Was Fab" opens with the unmistakable shimmer of a sitar, the low sweep of cellos, and audio running backwards through the tape.
- A Day in the Life"A Day in the Life" opens with a line John Lennon pulled from a newspaper: "I read the news today, oh boy." That blunt, ordinary beginning leads to one of…
- Paperback Writer"Paperback Writer" arrived in May 1966 as the A-side of the Beatles' eleventh single, and it came loaded with an unusual distinction: it was the first…
- Strawberry Fields Forever"Strawberry Fields Forever" arrived on the 13th of February 1967, and almost nobody knew what to make of it. Derek Johnson of the NME confessed in print that…
- Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band (song)"Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" begins with the sound of an audience chattering and an orchestra tuning up, and within seconds the listener is…
- Tomorrow Never Knows"Tomorrow Never Knows" arrived on the 5th of August 1966 as the final track on Revolver, closing a Beatles album like nothing the band had ever recorded…
- Baby, You're a Rich Man"Baby, You're a Rich Man" was born at midnight in May 1967, when the Beatles spent six hours at an independent studio in Barnes, south-west London, stitching…
- Now and Then (Beatles song)"Now and Then" arrived on the 2nd of November 2023 carrying a weight no pop single ever had before: it was billed as the last Beatles song.
- TaxmanIn April 1966, a report from the London accountancy firm Bryce, Hammer, Isherwood & Co. delivered a stark warning to the Beatles.
- Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds"Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds" began not with a guitar or a studio, but with a drawing made by a three-year-old boy. Julian Lennon came home from nursery…